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To be a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit.
New Year
Honours List 2015
For services to business and sport.
Chris Moller has been at the forefront of New
Zealand’s key industries since the late 1980s
contributing services to sport, dairy, capital
markets, tourism, transport, renewable energy
and infrastructure.
Chris was CEO of the New Zealand Rugby
Union and was appointed a councillor of the
International Rugby Board. He was a driving
force behind the 2011 World Cup bid. He
was appointed to the board of New Zealand
Cricket in 2008 and was elected chairman in
2011, becoming a member of the International
Cricket Council Board. He worked with Cricket
Australia to negotiate a revenue and cost sharing
arrangement for the hosting of the Cricket World
Cup 2015. He previously worked in the dairy
industry for 15 years. He held the position of
Deputy Chief of Fonterra and oversaw the merger
of the New Zealand Dairy Group, Kiwi Dairies,
and the New Zealand Dairy Board’s (NZDB)
ingredients business, of which he was previously
Managing Director.
He served on the board of NZX Ltd for a number
of years and has been chairman of the New
Zealand Transport Agency since 2009. Chris is
the current chairman of Sky City Entertainment
Group and was appointed as chairman of
Meridian Energy in 2010.
Christopher John David Moller (8115)